Download or read book The Reluctant Pinkerton written by Robert J. Randisi and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-07-02 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One Last Job Former Pinkerton agent Talbot Roper has a begrudging respect for his old boss. When Allen Pinkerton dies, and his sons send for Roper to attend the funeral, he has no choice but to oblige them. But Pinkerton’s sons, who now run the agency, want Roper to do more than pay his respects. They have a dangerous assignment that no man on their payroll can handle. Now Roper is headed to Fort Worth, Texas, where someone is sabotaging the Union Stockyard company. Going undercover to infiltrate the industry, Roper knows that the men he’s up against aren’t just smart; they’re deadly. And he’ll need to remember everything Allen ever taught him to finish the job…and stay alive.
Download or read book The Reluctant Warrior written by Edmund R. Ciriello and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2004-05-06 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The shocking true story of Edmund Ciriello, an intelligence operative, who had a license to kill and the compassion to save lives. A compelling memoir about covert live in the shadows as only an insider can tell it. From his first mission behind enemy lines during the Korean War, to his rescue attempt of two kidnapped girls held in Saudi Arabia during Desert Storm, Cirello takes us inside his mysterious world. His many years in Chicago and Hollywood are an exciting and hilarious journey through the real world of private investigations. An explosive book relevant to the crises facing the world and the real reasons behind them.
Download or read book The Greatest Detective Books of Allan Pinkerton written by Allan Pinkerton and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-01 with total page 1563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'The Greatest Detective Books of Allan Pinkerton,' readers are transported into a world of suspense, intrigue, and mystery as they follow the adventures of the famous detective Allan Pinkerton. Through his masterful storytelling, Pinkerton captivates readers with his keen observations, brilliant deductions, and relentless pursuit of justice. The books are characterized by their fast-paced narratives, clever plot twists, and vivid characterizations, making them essential reads for fans of classic detective fiction. Pinkerton's work is a prime example of the detective genre's evolution during the 19th century, laying the foundation for future detective novels and inspiring generations of writers. His use of real-life detective cases as inspiration adds an element of authenticity and credibility to his stories, further engaging readers and showcasing his expertise in the field of crime-solving. Recommended for fans of detective fiction and those interested in the history of the genre, 'The Greatest Detective Books of Allan Pinkerton' is a must-read for anyone seeking thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.
Download or read book The Adventures of Tilda Pinkerton written by Angela Shelton and published by . This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A modern day fairy tale about a girl who is trying to share her magic with the galaxy.
Download or read book Ralph Compton The Reluctant Lawman written by Craig Barstow and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-02-22 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gunman wants to hang up his Colts in this fast-paced installment of Ralph Compton’s Sundown Riders series. Luke Lessing was told his career at the Pinkerton Agency was assured, thanks to his skill with pistol and rifle. But when his partner got ambushed, Luke was widely blamed. Discouraged with Pinkerton politics, he moved on to a job as sheriff in a “sleepy” little town in Colorado, only to barely escape with his life. So Luke happily traded wearing a badge for cooking at the Comstock Café in Virginia City, hub of the fabled Comstock Lode. He’d put his past behind him—until a bushwhacked marshal and a confrontation with an old enemy drag him into a whirlpool of corruption, missing miners, and concealed treasure, where you can never tell who will betray you next. Luke’s pressured to pin on a badge yet again, not only by the Secretary of the Nevada Territory, but the Secretary’s boss, who happens to be President of the United States. There’s a lot of dough on the line, but not the kind he’s got a talent for. What does a fella have to do to get back to baking biscuits? More than eight million Ralph Compton books in print!
Download or read book The Courier s Wife written by Vanessa Lind and published by Vanessa Lind Books. This book was released on 2022-04-04 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a nation divided, no secret is safe… September 1862. As war tears the country apart, Hattie Logan is running from her past. Escaping a dull life of wealth and privilege, she joins the Pinkerton Detective Agency. Stationed in the Civil War hotbed of Washington City, she intercepts Confederate mail and puzzles out ciphers. But she longs to do more. Passed over for an enticing assignment, she jumps at the chance to spy with Thom Welton, the courier who runs mail between North and South. Posing as his wife, she crosses into enemy territory, where she finds herself falling in love. A decoded letter revealing a family secret forces Hattie to confront a devious double agent. Betrayed by a fellow spy, she and Thom come into Confederate crosshairs. Could the past she’s running from be the key to saving them? A sweeping story of courage and resilience inspired by the authentic adventures of historical women spies.
Download or read book Secrets of the Blue and Gray written by Vanessa Lind and published by Vanessa Lind. This book was released on 2023-06-11 with total page 1395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Secrets of the Blue and Gray boxset features four captivating historical novels that delve deep into the hidden world of female spies during the American Civil War. This thrilling collection takes readers on a remarkable journey through history where courage, resilience, and love intertwine. In The Courier's Wife, Hattie Logan embarks on a daring mission, posing as a spy alongside courier Thom Welton. But when a family secret is revealed, Hattie must confront a double agent and the ghosts of her own past. Enemy Lines takes readers on a harrowing journey as Hattie seeks vengeance against double agent Luke Blackstone. Teaming up with the fiery Pauline Carlton, Hattie uncovers a treacherous plot behind enemy lines, testing her resolve and loyalty. In Gray Waters, Hattie finds herself entangled in a dangerous game of secrets and trust. Paired with former Confederate spy Mollie Pitman, she uncovers a plot to raid a prison island, forcing her to question the boundaries of friendship and loyalty. The thrilling conclusion, A Fond Hope, follows Hattie's race against time to thwart a plot to destroy cities and kidnap President Abraham Lincoln. With a cast of intriguing characters, Hattie's courage and determination shine as she navigates a treacherous world. Drawing inspiration from the hidden histories of real-life women spies, these captivating novels weave a tapestry of courage, resilience, friendship, and love against the backdrop of a nation torn apart. Immerse yourself in a world of danger, intrigue, and the extraordinary feats of these remarkable women. What readers are saying about Secrets of the Blue and Gray… “One of the best series I’ve read.” “I love books with strong female characters and this series definitely has a number of strong females on both sides of the war. I’m also a fan of spy novels and this series has it all – spies, Civil War, strong female characters. I was hooked from the start!” “As a lover of history—especially the aspects of it that aren't well known, including the stories of the unsung heroes and heroines that make a difference—I absolutely adore historical fiction like this.” “A well-done series by a talented author. Highly recommended.” “I love how well developed each character is. They are each multi-dimensional and have their strengths as well as their faults. I recommend this series to anyone who enjoys historical fiction and strong women characters!”
Download or read book Homicide House A Mr Pinkerton Mystery written by Zenith Brown and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2017-06-12 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It’s been twelve years since we’ve heard of Mr. Evan Pinkerton, the little, timid man who seems to attract trouble, and continually harasses Inspector Bull of Scotland Yard. They’re back now in Homicide House. The story is laid in postwar London, and Mr. Pinkerton is living at No. 4 Godolphin Square. Despite the fact that he owns the apartment house, he shares meagre quarters on the top floor with the chef. Years of living with the penny-pinching Mrs. Pinkerton (now fortunately deceased) have accustomed him to discomfort, and Mr. Pinkerton is quite happy living where he is. One day a young American comes swinging along the Square. He attracts Mr. Pinkerton’s attention when he stops in front of No. 22, directly across from No. 4, and now a shell of a house with only a stairway leading nowhere. The American is so obviously distressed at the sight of the bombed-out house, that Mr. Pinkerton breaks a habit of longstanding and speaks to him. When the stranger tells him he is looking for a girl whom he met six years before in an air-raid shelter, and that he knows only that she lived at No. 22 Godolphin Square, Mr. Pinkerton comforts him by revealing that she is living quite safely at the very house in which he himself has rooms. It takes only one more innocent question to start in motion a train of singularly unpleasant events, and the stranger and Mr. Pinkerton find themselves in the midst of violence and murder.
Download or read book Inventing the Pinkertons Or Spies Sleuths Mercenaries and Thugs written by S. Paul O'Hara and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2016-10-18 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Illustrations
Download or read book Representative American Plays written by Arthur Hobson Quinn and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 996 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Six Plays written by David Belasco and published by Boston : Little, Brown. This book was released on 1928 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization Volume 7 written by Israel Bartal and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2024-01-23 with total page 1400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 7 of the Posen Library captures unprecedented transformations of Jewish culture amid mass migration, global capitalism, nationalism, revolution, and the birth of the secular self Between 1880 and 1918, traditions and regimes collapsed around the world, migration and imperialism remade the lives of millions, nationalism and secularization transformed selves and collectives, utopias beckoned, and new kinds of social conflict threatened as never before. Few communities experienced the pressures and possibilities of the era more profoundly than the world's Jews. This volume, seventh in The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, recaptures the vibrant Jewish cultural creativity, political striving, social experimentation, and fractious religious and secular thought that burst forth in the face of these challenges. Editors Israel Bartal and Kenneth B. Moss capture the full range of Jewish expression in a centrifugal age--from mystical visions to unabashedly antitraditional Jewish political thought, from cookbooks to literary criticism, from modernist poetry to vaudeville. They also highlight the most remarkable dimension of the 1880-1918 era: an audacious effort by newly secular Jews to replace Judaism itself with a new kind of Jewish culture centering on this-worldly, aesthetic creativity by a posited "Jewish nation" and the secular, modern, and "free" individuals who composed it. This volume is an essential starting point for anyone who wishes to understand the divided Jewish present.
Download or read book Senseless Secrets written by Michael Lee Lanning and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-11-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the War for Independence to the War on Terror, American military intelligence has often failed, costing needless casualties and squandering money and materiel as well as prestige – and all too often it has failed to learn from its mistakes. Senseless Secrets covers more than 200 years of intelligence breakdowns in every American war, including not only how intelligence has been wrong, but also how good intel has failed to make it to battlefield commanders, how spies and traitors have infiltrated the military intelligence community, and more. Here are stories of Benedict Arnold’s turn in the Revolution, George McClellan’s reliance on the Pinkertons’ inflated estimates of enemy strengths in the Civil War, Custer’s flawed intelligence prior to the Little Bighorn, the controversy over Pearl Harbor, the surprise German attack that started the Battle of the Bulge, the failure to convey useful intelligence to small-unit commanders in Vietnam, overestimates of Iraqi strength during Operation Desert Storm, the bad intelligence about Saddam Hussein’s supposed nuclear arsenal in 2002-03, and the chaos surrounding the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Senseless Secrets is a military history of the United States through its intelligence operations. It should be required reading inside the U.S. military and beyond.
Download or read book The Unexpected Champion High Sierra Sweethearts Book 3 written by Mary Connealy and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2019-03-05 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: City dweller John McCall never expected to be out in the High Sierras of 1868 on a wild-goose chase to find the Chiltons' supposedly lost grandson. But now that he's out here, things have gotten even more complicated, mostly due to wildcat Penny Scott. She's not like any woman he's ever met--comfortable in the woods, with a horse, and with a gun. When Penny and John are taken against their will by a shadowy figure looking for evidence they don't have, both realize they've stumbled into something dangerous and complicated. With their friends and family desperately searching for them, Penny and John must make a daring escape. When they emerge back into the real world, they are confronted with a kidnapper who just won't stop. They must bring a powerful, ruthless man to justice, even as this city man and country woman fight a very inconvenient attraction to each other.
Download or read book Salvation written by David Spear and published by Old Treacle Press Ltd.. This book was released on 2023-09-01 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One shot to change history. One shot for lies and betrayal. 1917. A frontline, rat infested trench 200 yards short of the enemy. The men of the 2nd Rifle Battalion, East Riding Regiment, count down the hours before a suicidal charge across no-mans-land. In a last hour’s card game, IOUs replace money, goods change hands, and a racehorse is won on the final flip of the cards. Nothing has any real value when death is imminent. Upon returning injured to England, teenage sniper Corporal Mathew Hobbs claims his prize, only to discover his CO, Major Peter Church, has survived. Hobbs trains and races the horse, Salvation, and she is a sure winner, until he crosses the path of crooked bookie, Mannie Heanen. Heanen's actions set off a chain of events leading to the pairing of two murderous characters. Separated by wealth and position, an unlikely friendship and business partnership materialises; one that could alter the path of the war. A secret mission, a bloody and brutal conclusion and a terrible betrayal leave Hobbs at the mercy of silent forces intent on tracking him down. David Spear is at his best in this well-paced, evocative, suspenseful thriller, weaving a story of loss, revenge and betrayal amid the solitude of Yorkshire and the brutality of war. Salvation, the new book by David Spear.
Download or read book Pinkerton s Sister written by Peter Rushforth and published by MacAdam/Cage Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 756 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sprawling stream-of-conscious novel set primarily in the head of Alice Pinkerton at the dawn of the twentieth century. Alice isn't yet ready for the new age; she's a vestige of Victorian times, a "madwoman" living on the third floor (not in the attic, she insists) of her family's home. "No one was as close to her as words on a page," Alice muses, and indeed, she relates more to characters from the novels of George Eliot, Charlotte Bronte, and Charles Reade than to the people who surround her, especially the thoroughly modern socialite Mrs. Albert Comstock, who represents everything Alice hates. Alice's doctor, who seeks to cure her of her "malady," proclaims, "Imagination is an impediment to progress." For Alice, there's no more chilling sentiment.
